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The stone industry transformations at the edge of Pleistocene and Holocene : Evidence from the north-western and north-central Caucasus. / Golovanova, L. V.; Doronicheva, E. V.; Nedomolkin, A. G.; Doronichev, V. B.; Shirobokov, I. G.; Petrov, A. Yu; Maksimov, F. E.
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T1 - The stone industry transformations at the edge of Pleistocene and Holocene
T2 - Evidence from the north-western and north-central Caucasus
AU - Golovanova, L. V.
AU - Doronicheva, E. V.
AU - Nedomolkin, A. G.
AU - Doronichev, V. B.
AU - Shirobokov, I. G.
AU - Petrov, A. Yu
AU - Maksimov, F. E.
N1 - Publisher Copyright: © 2022
PY - 2022/9
Y1 - 2022/9
N2 - In this paper, the authors report results of a detailed technological and typological analysis of the Epipalaeolithic assemblages from three stratified sites in the North Caucasus that were excavated in recent years at a modern scientific level with application of sediment water screening, which allowed to obtain numerous microlithic artefacts. The lithic analysis of the assemblages indicates a gradual development in the knapping technology, which resulted in the first application of the pressure flaking technique in the final Epipalaeolithic, and innovations in the tool set, particularly in the assortment of geometric microliths. The authors consider the stone industry transformations at the edge of Pleistocene and Holocene in the context of cultural continuity during the final Epipalaeolithic and up to the beginning of the Holocene in the region.
AB - In this paper, the authors report results of a detailed technological and typological analysis of the Epipalaeolithic assemblages from three stratified sites in the North Caucasus that were excavated in recent years at a modern scientific level with application of sediment water screening, which allowed to obtain numerous microlithic artefacts. The lithic analysis of the assemblages indicates a gradual development in the knapping technology, which resulted in the first application of the pressure flaking technique in the final Epipalaeolithic, and innovations in the tool set, particularly in the assortment of geometric microliths. The authors consider the stone industry transformations at the edge of Pleistocene and Holocene in the context of cultural continuity during the final Epipalaeolithic and up to the beginning of the Holocene in the region.
KW - Early Holocene
KW - Epipalaeolithic
KW - Final Pleistocene
KW - Knapping technology
KW - North Caucasus
KW - Stone industry transformations
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U2 - 10.1016/j.ara.2022.100385
DO - 10.1016/j.ara.2022.100385
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85131441120
VL - 31
JO - Archaeological Research in Asia
JF - Archaeological Research in Asia
SN - 2352-2267
M1 - 100385
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